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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H1322

בֹּשֶׁת

boshethbo'-sheth

shame

30 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: bôsheth

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1322is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 12 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 25
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1322

shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol

The King James renders it: ashamed, confusion, [phrase] greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

bosheth is rendered "shame". It stands 30 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 20:30Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-five different ways.

The first use

Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?

1 Samuel 20:30לְבָ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 27 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • shame7
  • shame of4
  • shame their4
  • and by shame of1
  • and shame my1
  • and shame of1
  • and the shameful thing1
  • and to shame of1
  • for shame1
  • in shame1
  • in shame our1
  • into shame1

and 6 more, 30 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 30, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

25 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • בֹ֑שֶׁת2
  • בֹּ֥שֶׁת2
  • בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם2
  • בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃2
  • לַבֹּ֔שֶׁת2
  • בְּבֹ֨שֶׁת1
  • בְּבֹ֖שֶׁת1
  • בְּבָשְׁתֵּ֗נוּ1
  • בֹ֥שֶׁת1
  • בֹ֔שֶׁת1
  • בֹ֤שֶׁת1
  • בֹּ֑שֶׁת1

and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular7HNcfsa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcfsc
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural4HNcfsc/Sp3mp
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular3HR/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/R/Ncfsc
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncfsc
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2HRd/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HC/Ncfsc/Sp1bs
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Td/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HNcfsc/Sp2mp
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HR/Ncfsc/Sp1bp

1 Samuel

two uses
  • Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?

    1 Samuel 20:30

    • לְבָ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔levashetekhapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to own shame your
    • וּלְבֹ֖שֶׁתulevoshetconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to shame of

2 Chronicles

one use
  • and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

    2 Chronicles 32:21

    • בְּבֹ֨שֶׁתbevoshetpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with shame of

Ezra

one use
  • From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.

    Ezra 9:7

    • וּבְבֹ֥שֶׁתuvevoshetconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and by shame of

Job

one use
  • Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

    Job 8:22

    • בֹ֑שֶׁתvoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: shame

Psalms

seven uses
  • May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

    Psalms 35:26

    • בֹ֥שֶׁתvoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: shame
  • May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.

    Psalms 40:15

    • בָּשְׁתָּ֑םbashetamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: shame their
  • All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

    Psalms 44:15

    • וּבֹ֖שֶׁתuvoshetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and shame of
  • You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.

    Psalms 69:19

    • וּ֭בָשְׁתִּיuvasheticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and shame my
  • May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.

    Psalms 70:3

    • בָּשְׁתָּ֑םbashetamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: shame their
  • May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

    Psalms 109:29

    • בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃bashetamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: shame their
  • I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”

    Psalms 132:18

    • בֹּ֑שֶׁתboshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: shame

Isaiah

five uses
  • But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

    Isaiah 30:3

    • לְבֹ֑שֶׁתlevoshetpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into shame
  • everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”

    Isaiah 30:5

    • לְבֹ֖שֶׁתlevoshetpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for shame
  • But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.

    Isaiah 42:17

    • בֹ֔שֶׁתvoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: shame
  • Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

    Isaiah 54:4

    • בֹ֤שֶׁתvoshetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shame of
  • Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

    Isaiah 61:7

    • בָּשְׁתְּכֶם֙bashetekhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: shame your

Jeremiah

six uses
  • As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets

    Jeremiah 2:26

    • כְּבֹ֤שֶׁתkevoshetpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like shame of
  • From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.

    Jeremiah 3:24

    • וְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁתvehaboshetconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the shameful thing
  • Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

    Jeremiah 3:25

    • בְּבָשְׁתֵּ֗נוּbevashetenupreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: in shame our
  • But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?

    Jeremiah 7:19

    • בֹּ֥שֶׁתboshetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shame of
  • Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

    Jeremiah 11:13

    • לַבֹּ֔שֶׁתlaboshetpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the shameful thing
  • Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

    Jeremiah 20:18

    • בְּבֹ֖שֶׁתbevoshetpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in shame

Daniel

two uses
  • To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.

    Daniel 9:7

    • בֹּ֥שֶׁתboshetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shame of
  • O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

    Daniel 9:8

    • בֹּ֣שֶׁתboshetnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shame of

Hosea

one use
  • I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.

    Hosea 9:10

    • לַבֹּ֔שֶׁתlaboshetpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the shame

Micah

one use
  • Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.

    Micah 1:11

    • בֹ֑שֶׁתvoshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: shame

Habakkuk

one use
  • You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.

    Habakkuk 2:10

    • בֹּ֖שֶׁתboshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: shame

Zephaniah

two uses
  • The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.

    Zephaniah 3:5

    • בֹּֽשֶׁת׃boshetnoun · feminine singulartagged: shame
  • Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.

    Zephaniah 3:19

    • בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃bashetamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: shame their

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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